The Weld County Regional Communications Center experienced dropped 911 calls Friday morning as a nationwide phone and internet service outage continued into its second day.According to a news release, the communications center was able to call people who dropped calls back. At 12:43 p.m. Friday, CenturyLink sent a tweet that 911 calls are completing.Weld County spokeswoman Jennifer Finch confirmed Friday afternoon that dispatchers have stopped experiencing dropped calls. After speaking with a representative at CenturyLink, dispatchers were told to expect some continued issues with static affecting call quality. CenturyLink says they are continuing work to resolve the static.https://twitter.com/CenturyLink/status/1078738243389214720The communications center brought the issue forward to the Public Utilities Commission. CenturyLink is working on a resolution, officials said, and other carriers, including Verizon Wireless have been impacted by the outage. Though 911 calls were restored, some other issues continued, according to a CenturyLink update at 1:17 p.m.

CenturyLink has been dealing with a network event. We take service interruptions seriously and have teams working to restore affected services. We made progress in restoring services across the network in the last several hours. We are focused on resolving remaining issues.

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsOfficials said residents who experience a dropped call should call 911 again or the 10-digit dispatch center’s number, (970) 356-4000. Residents also can send a text message to 911.”Please know that dispatchers will attempt a call-back, but you should also call the 911 line again,” Weld County officials wrote in the release.Finch said the issue was not happening on every 911 call, but the county wanted residents to be aware that dropped calls are a possibility. She also said the issue is with CenturyLink infrastructure, which powers landline phone services in Greeley, and outside of county control.The outage forced doctors and other staff at North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St., to take notes with pencil and paper Thursday. The company’s IT department established limited connectivity to most Colorado operations, allowing caregivers access to historical medical records for patients. Phone service was still spotty late Thursday. Banner Health operations in Arizona, California and Nevada were not affected, Banner spokeswoman Caitlin Wendt said.”After about 24 hours, CenturyLink began to restore service slowly during the night,” Wendt said in an email. “We have brought in additional staff to update electronic medical records with the patient information collected during the down time while we continue to provide patient care.”Wendt would not say whether the outage will impact Banner’s decision to continue contracting internet services from CenturyLink.University of Northern Colorado spokesman Nate Haas said that the campus’ internet service remained intact, due to the university’s redundant system using multiple internet service providers, including CenturyLink.CenturyLink reported the issues began around 10 a.m. Thursday, affecting internet and phone service for residents of dozens of states across the U.S. Other areas of the country also experiencing 911 outages included parts of Missouri, Washington, Idaho and Arizona.In Idaho and Montana, some ATMs were not functioning. Verizon reported service interruptions in Albuquerque, New Mexico and parts of Montana as a result of the CenturyLink outages. As of Friday evening, CenturyLink had yet to identify publicly any possible causes of the outages.– Tribune reporter Trevor Reid and the Associated Press contributed to this report.